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That's fantastic! Everything lines up really well.

The organisation of the Military Train is new to me, though there logically had to be a precursor of the A.S.C., where my great uncle served in the Great War.

Thank you very much for your expert help.

I learned a little about the American War of Independence (as we call it) when I found that one of my ggg uncles married the granddaughter of a United Empire Loyalist, a serjeant in the King's Carolina Rangers.
Having been forced out of Florida by the Treaty of Paris, he and his family were granted 200 acres of land in Nova Scotia.

Remember that it is Microsoft's support for bug fixes which ends later this year. Windows will carry on working. Your software will continue to work and be updated. Anti-virus software (including Windows Defender) will continue to work and be updated.

As long as you avoid "iffy" websites, and don't open tempting email attachments, you are about as likely to become infected with malware as you are now.

The actual hardware REQUIREMENTS for Windows 11 are a lot less than MS is demanding. It needs a 64-bit processor which supports particular machine instructions which became "normal" IIRC in about 2005. You will also need a minimum of 4GB memory otherwise Win11 will struggle. A solid-state drive is highly recommended to get decent speed from any modern OS.

Most of the requirements bypass instructions currently out there involve doing a clean install of Windows 11. For many, this is not a problem. Copy all those photos and other documents to somewhere safe, install Win11 and then copy the stuff back. THEN try to remember all those passwords your browser had stored for you.

If you have a load of software installed and you wish to retain it, have a look at "Flyby11".

The file server version of Windows does not demand the hardware that ordinary users "need" to purchase. Flyby11 cons the installer that it is dealing with the file server version, and it then carries out an in-place upgrade, retaining applications and settings.

I have used it a few times and found it to be simple to use and with good results.

Check everything carefully after any upgrade. One laptop failed to deal with the trackpad correctly when it awoke from sleep mode. If you have problems, you have a few days to revert to the previous version of Windows.

Even if it was an RC marriage, in theory if it took plave then the GRO should have it indexed.

The closest I can find is John Cahill married Elizabeth Holley in 1874 at Wigan Register Office

Dec 1874 Wigan 8c 116

If John died in 1890 then who is the father of Elizabeth and Margaret?

The marriage looks good.

The "father" of the later children could easily be the reason why John is not home!

I'm looking into a CAHILL family in the Wigan area. The family were RC, so not many events are online. The surname appears to be Irish; others in the district originate there.

John and Elizabeth had six children:
John b Q4 1882
Sarah b Q3 1884
Rose Ann b Q1 1887
Maria b 13 Apr 1889 (registered as CARL)
Elizabeth b 14 Sep 1891
Margaret b Q2 1895
All these have a mother's maiden name of HAWLEY or close approximation.

In 1901 and later, Elizabeth is widowed, and claims to be born about 1859 in Leigh. She died in 1924 and is buried in a shared grave.

I can't find a marriage for John and Elizabeth.

I can't find the family in 1891.

I can't reliably find John or Elizabeth before then either.

Maria was born in Ince. Elizabeth was born at Danson's Square, Wigan. The family are not at either address in the 1891 census. I have both these birth certs; Elizabeth made her mark both times. John is a colliery surface labourer in 1889, a coke burner in 1891.

There is a death and burial of a John Cahill in 1890. The burial mentions Adelaide Street, which is where the family were living in 1901.

Maria and Rose Ann are the sort of names which ought to be indexed, but I've not had any luck on Ancestry or FindMyPast.

Any ideas?